JJC

Any one tried these Kumho Ecsta 712 215 x 45 x 17 £58.00 each ??

Andrew Timmins

I've got the 205/55 VR15 on my car. Very pleased with them. Excellent grip wet and dry, wear well too. Probably done 20,000 miles on them, including three trips to the 'ring and have another 5-10 thousand miles left in them. I payed £55 each including fitting from Tyres Northampton.

Andrew Timmins

www.kumhotire.com/download/catalog/Pass712.pdf

JJC

Andrew

Thanks for the info I'm tempted don't think this thread is going to get the 19 page response that my "is this a good price for Goodear F1's " got !!

Regards,

John

Andrew Timmins

We could each post "top" once a day for the next six months.

JJC

or start telling people you can get them for £20 each !!!

austen_wrx

and give a phone number where someone take £200 of your credit card in return for loads of grief and fresh air

:Mike:

So how good are these compared to Proxes or F1s?

JJC

This is the reply I got from someone that sells them I have found F1 GDS-2's for £77 each and these for £58.50 not sure what to go for ?


John,

In general terms, we find the Ecsta 712 gets no negative reaction from our customers, simply because it has no very bad habits. To be fair, we also don't get people raving about its exceptional grip etc but I think that is because it is a good 'compromise' tyre. Wear performance is good and they beat the Bridgestones in 'cost per mile' terms hands down.

Hope this helps.

Please call us on 01280 817111 if you'd like to order some!

Best regards,
John Thrupp
Xpedia Tyres

:Mike:

Anyone else tried them? I'm tempted now...

austen_wrx

I asked about these tyres on here before i bought my F1's and was scared off by a few comments about them and how you should spend as much as you can on your tyres. Well, i spent nearly £400 on the f1's and hate them. I wished i saved myself £170 and got the Kuhmos even if i did end up hating them, at least i could have spent the £170 on a track day and melted them!

Mike Stokes

Friend of mine bought a set of these a few months back for his MY00 Turbo. Used them on both road and track and to be fair they were very good, wear rate wasn't high at all and he did at least 3 trackdays on them. Can't comment on overall life though because some light fingered git robbed the car before they wore out. Certainly when put back to back round Donington with my own MY00 on Pzero's, there was very little in it. I'm considering a set myself now the Pzero's are nearly worn out.

Definitely worth a go IMO.

HTH

Mike.

JJC

What's putting me off F1s are these comments you see about tyre roll ? is it a problme on 17" rims ? I'm sold on the Kumho's will be ordering a set in a couple of weeks and will report back as long as they don't tram like the standard Bridgestone I will be happy !! I need to get tracking done on car near side tyres (front & rear)have worn evenly and drives side has torn out the inside (front & rear)?? anyone else had this ?? I've asked before but can anyone tell me where you can get geometry done properly in East Anglia ??

John

JJC

Ordered a set today from Xpedia Tyres £237.00 for 4 215 x 45 x 17
delivered !! only £7.00 more than the crossroads GDS 3's !! plus this guy actually has them instock !!! he sees very helpful if anyones intrested details below:


Xpedia Tyres call John Thrupp on 01280 817111